Domestic Workers in the Gulf Remain Vulnerable to Abuse Ahead of Ramadan as State Protections Fall Short
February 22, 2026
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Domestic Workers
Domestic Workers - View issueAn Overview of Oman’s New Domestic Workers Law
October 29, 2025
COVID-19
COVID-19 - View issueQatar Vaccination Centre temporary staff not paid
March 11, 2022
GCC Covid Relief Report
November 3, 2021
Transportation Workers in Kuwait: At the wheel, thrown under the bus
September 16, 2021
The emergence of the vaccine passport
July 13, 2021
Oman’s discriminatory vaccine policies
July 10, 2021
Detention
Detention - View issue
Out with the old
March 23, 2022
“We cried and begged”
September 22, 2021
Over 80,000 undocumented migrants in Saudi arrested in recent raids
September 3, 2021
Deportation
Deportation - View issue
Out with the old
March 23, 2022
“We cried and begged”
September 22, 2021
Over 80,000 undocumented migrants in Saudi arrested in recent raids
September 3, 2021
Amnesty
Amnesty - View issue
Bahrain's Amnesty: In name and little else
July 27, 2020
Absconding
Absconding - View issue
Sexually harassed and deported for ‘running away’
November 19, 2020
A Ugandan 'runaway' maid who died in a Dubai prison
November 20, 2015
Accommodation
Accommodation - View issueMigrants in Bahrain face an eviction crisis amid Covid-19 pandemic
September 19, 2020
Death
Death - View issue
Jullebee Ranara's murder is a failure of state and society
February 9, 2023
Construction Workers in GCC: Debt, death and broken dreams
October 31, 2017
A Ugandan 'runaway' maid who died in a Dubai prison
November 20, 2015
End of Service
End of Service - View issue
Hundreds of Kuwait's public sector workers still owed payment
February 1, 2022
End-of-service Gratuity for Domestic Workers in the GCC
March 22, 2020
Factsheet: Wages and Payments in Qatar
August 19, 2019
Access to Justice
Access to Justice - View issue
Exit Permit
Exit Permit - View issueKuwait Reinstates Exit Permit, Tightening the Grip of Kafala
October 29, 2025
Qatar: Renaming Kafala is not Ending Kafala
January 14, 2016
Bilateral Labour Agreements
Bilateral Labour Agreements - View issue
Drivers
Drivers - View issueRideshare platforms in Qatar: Big business, poor ethics
April 23, 2022
Transportation Workers in Kuwait: At the wheel, thrown under the bus
September 16, 2021
Cleaning Companies
Cleaning Companies - View issueContract Substitution
Contract Substitution - View issue“When I got to the house, I realized that it was slavery"
December 1, 2016
Employers
Employers - View issue
Ensaniyat Youth Fellowship
Ensaniyat Youth Fellowship - View issueFrom Doha to Kuwait: Fashion Fridays builds bridges
December 25, 2017
Expat Tax
Expat Tax - View issueExpat tax hits small businesses hard in Saudi
September 21, 2020
